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EDC Dusk and EDC Dawn will place two festival weekends inside a citywide program running May 13 to 24.
EDC Las Vegas 2027 has spent years increasing the scale of a single festival weekend. In 2027, Insomniac is changing the calendar instead.
The Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host EDC Dusk from May 14 to 16, followed by EDC Dawn from May 21 to 23. The complete Dusk Till Dawn program runs from May 13 to 24, filling the days between those weekends with parties, exhibitions, retail events, industry programming and camper activities across Las Vegas.
How EDC Dusk And Dawn Will Work
EDC Dusk and EDC Dawn will operate as two consecutive festival weekends at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Insomniac has yet to announce the artist lineups or explain how programming will differ between the weekends, leaving one of the announcement’s biggest questions open.
What is confirmed is that the wider 12-day program extends beyond the Speedway. Opening and closing parties, warehouse events, club nights and pop-ups are planned around Las Vegas, with additional events scheduled at Hotel EDC and Camp EDC.
That citywide expansion connects audiences who may engage with electronic music differently. In my recent feature on Wax Motif’s EDC appearance and Zouk residency, he explained how a festival crowd and a Las Vegas nightclub audience call for different decisions from the DJ booth. EDC’s new format places those environments within the same official calendar.
What Happens Between The Festival Weekends
The first group of announced events includes a free all-ages electronic music parade, plus parties and pop-ups at clubs, warehouses, galleries and city landmarks. Select events will be free for Dusk Till Dawn pass holders, although individual schedules and ticket details will be released later.
Hotel EDC will host the new Map Point Summit, an industry gathering focused on electronic music and rave culture. Virgin Hotels Las Vegas will also house an Insomniac concept store with merchandise, vinyl, limited releases, artist appearances and DJ performances.
A free art exhibition will cover rave photography, graffiti, paintings, flyers, sculptures and collectibles. An accompanying marketplace will give independent artists, designers and businesses space to sell fashion, records, artwork and music-related products from Tuesday to Thursday.
Camp EDC Extends Across All 12 Days
Camp EDC pass holders will have the option to remain on-site for the full Dusk Till Dawn period. Opening parties at The Mesa will begin each festival weekend, while Monday morning afterparties continue after the Speedway closes.
Programming between the weekends will include wellness activities, workshops, a retro arcade, live painting, art installations and late-night parties. This makes Camp EDC a continuous part of the 12-day plan rather than accommodation connected to one weekend.
Hotel EDC will follow a similar model at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, combining pool parties and afterparties with wellness programming, beauty services, the concept store and Map Point Summit.
Festival passes return to sale on Thursday, October 8, at 12 p.m. PT via the official EDC Las Vegas website. Artist lineups, pop-up schedules and individual event ticket information will be announced closer to May.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
